SB Nation User Blog: txlonghorn

Black Basketball Jerseys

txlonghorn — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:23:39 -0000

I was reading the post about DGib and Kahuna said to Cleveland fans look up images of the black jerseys vs. Duke and the blowout.

It got me thinking why don't we have them anymore? I know it wasn't a classic look but they looked tight and sleek. Was it because we got blown out that Rick didn't choose to wear them again?

I don't know but we should bring them back for a couple of games a season.

It also got me thinking, when i read an article two years ago on SI.com and it was about VY and them preparing for the 2005 season. He was talking about how he wanted to keep the old school look we had in the first game vs. the Cajuns for the rest of the season. He also talked about persauding Mack to let them wear the black jerseys that the qbs wear in practice. You know the ones that they have at Oshmans oops "Sports Authority".

How tight would that look if we had a "black out" game like FSU? Except that we wouldn't lose. Mack is way to loyal to Darrell Royal so he won't do it but still i would like that. All he does is suck his dick. "Darrell Royal this, oh he is so great" shut up i don't care about that old goober.

We need to become a little edgier in our unis. I'm not saying go be Oregon but maybe have black alternates or something not to different from the originals.

Your thoughts

Thank God Barbaro is Dead

txlonghorn — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:28:46 -0000

I was so starting to get sick of that genitically engineered and altered horse. He or she, what ever it is more like a heshe, has more steriods and chemicals than does Barry Bonds or Shawn "Lights Out" Merriman. It was ridiculous they should have put it down earlier and ease its suffering.

It is ridiculous how greedy we are. There has been more money spent saving that horse's life than to save people lives in Darfur or any other African country.

More people have probably donated and sent get well cards to that horse than the soliders in Iraq. Its a joke and how that horse became a circus after it got hurt.

They should have put it out of its missery a long time ago.

But since we are "humane" and "caring" we won't let it die. The real reason is because of the breeding purposes. If that happens to any old farm horse its put down right on the spot.

The irony in this is we are trying to be humane while at the same time people race and make millions of these horses.

Kind of just like college football players.

Has UT Passed A&M in basketball too?

txlonghorn — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:00:55 -0000

Calm down, i'm just qouting Houston Chronicle columist Richard Justice. Thats what he is saying on his blog. Here is the site http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustice/. Notice the sarcaism. Its not really serious he just likes to poke fun at how we think that we are "superior" to every school in this state and conference.

It is true, we are superior to every school in this conference. What can i say? RJ also brings up a good point how the dynamics will change if they win. If we win its big brother doing what they always do. If we lose on the otherhand "we are losing our grip on big time athletics in this state". I am really looking forward to that game. We don't have dumbass PJ anymore to lose track of the shotclock and we are going to have a shotclock in this game hopefully unlike last game.

He does bring up a really good point. That game following the super bowl is going to be a must win. We have to win that game. I can't stand the trash talking that Aggies will do if we win it.

I am also sick of how people think that A&M is good. They are overrated by a mile and we are so underrated. Were not in the top 25? What the fuck is up with that?

I think KD will probably put up 35 plus on them and get 15 boards in leading us to a close victory.

Richard Justice you are a fucking idiot. It is really sarcastic though if you don't see it.

Sick of SEC football hype

txlonghorn — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:24:03 -0000

First of, everybody read 54b's diary on what kind of BONER you are. That shit is fucking funny. Yeah, he did diss me and i'm not going to deny it is true.

I write what i think and thats the way i am. I don't say the first thing that comes out of my mind just to let you know. Blogs are my way to vent my frustration at the world and how we are declining as a society.

Go read that diary, instant BON Classic.

Anyways, one guy replied to one of my comments about USC and how i liked them. He said "that he hates USC because they are arrogant and don't play "smashmouth football". That got me thinking about smashmouth football and particulary "smashmouth" country the SEC.

I really am so sick of this SEC crap. "We are the best conference in the country, we should automatically get a birth in the NC game". Shut the fuck up. Every year they complain about how they got shafted and Auburn was the only one that had a legit beef a couple of years ago. Florida wined its way in the game even though, in my opinion, they weren't as impresseive as Michigan. Thats another time. Now it looks like they made the right choice but still they were bitching before the season was over. At least Mack had the class to do it after the season.

They don't relize how offensively the league is inept. Besides LSU every team is offensively challenged. Florida, don't get me wrong, is a good team but, in my opinion, tOSU would win 8 out of 10 times. tOSU just paniced and their only TD came when they pounded the rock. Lets face it, that offense sucked it was bad, they had trouble against South Carolina, FSU, Alabama, Kentucky and Vanderbilt, not exactly murders row.

In general their league is overhyped and their "speed" factor so overrated. All month long i heard about how Florida was 1000 times faster than tOSU. Its not like tOSU was Notre Dame (by the way i run a faster 40 than half that team). It was just that Ohio State got outcoached and couldn't make many adjustments. I'm betting if USC played Florida they would win and we would beat 10 of those teams every time with the exception of LSU and Florida.

Besides LSU none of them can throw downfield. Did you see Brandon Cox he was a qb!!! Imagine how good the pigges would have been with a decent qb.One of the worst victories of the year was Auburn's vs. Bama i think they won 22-15 and 14 of them came of Bama fumbles deep in their own territory and the other a fluke pass. My point is everybodies game plan is not to lose with the exception of the "Ole Ball Coach". They also beat Nebraska the same way. They can all ball at "D" but if you can't score enough you are not always title worthy. Florida's coaches told Chris Leak to not turn the ball over so he didn't throw it more than 10 yards down the field and didn't throw unless someone was open 10 yards down the field.

My point is they play, sissy, conservative, ugly football. Their running backs are not good but i will give them credit they can play good "D". Their is only one qb i would take in the SEC and that is JRussell, wow he is fucking good. What a gun he has.

Next year again some one loss team is going to be bitching about the SEC. Get over it, if you knew how to move the ball that wouldn't be a problem.

Thats my rant.

Bad Win

txlonghorn — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:02:48 -0000

Wow that was a horrible win. It seems like every year we struggle against Iowa St. and Nebraska at their respective arenas. Two scrub schools at basketball that shouldn't be within 30 of us.

How can playing at home make that big of a difference. I don't see it . Rick just give KD the fucking ball. Your offense is simple and yet you try to get scrubs like Atchley, Lewis, and Hill involved.

As much as i love these three white guys they suck, simple as that. Hill is just an oversized, unathletic, skeletor. If any of you follow soccer than Matt Hill is just like Peter Crouch. DJ had a bad game but that was like his second bad game of the season. We shouldn't get too upset. Remember how we said they are going to have bad stretches of basketball. He will rebound against Baylor.

Afterall he is a freshman and we can't expect him to play as an All-American every night. AJ rarely puts two halfs together. He either comes out firing or waits until ten minutes left to get hot like against Villonava. Justin Mason is turning to be the rock of this team. He is going to be the glue that holds this squad together for the next couple of years. He is an extremely solid and good player. Justin almost never takes bad shots al la AJ and plays good "d" as well. Now he is the guy that Rick needs to get involved in the offense.

Even though it is a bad win i'll take and we finally get a breather vs. Baylor. About time we play some scrubs.

I love that scrub African guy though. What is his name. I just like him because he is really uncordinated but can play a little bit.

Next Years Schedule

txlonghorn — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:30:24 -0000

Its pretty early and i'm already looking into our schedule next year. I'm thinking that it is going to be a two to three game season for us.

The only games that we can lose if Colt doesn't get hurt are OU, Nebraska, and A&M. It looks like OU will be bad next year and bringing in a scrub qb but still they will have a good "D" and it is a rivalry game. But stll with our O there is no way OU scores enough points to beat us.

I don't know about Nebraska but they will certainly be alot better next year and they will have a veteran qb in the Arizona St. guy. Their D is going to better and it's going to be tough but i see us winning that game to. I see us winning this game but i will take it of the list of maybe games depending on how Nebraska plays at the beginning of the year. The only reason this is on here is because they have a close talent edge with us and thats it. If we tackle we win the game.

The final game is the A&M game and this would be an automatic win if it was in Austin but since it is at Kyle Field it will be tough. It depends on how our "D" has played during the course of the year. If we play lights out or above average we win the game easily. If we don't than it will put pressure on our offense and Colt. We have to force McGee to beat us. The guy can't complete a pass to save his life. Duffman put nine guys in the box and take your chances with their slow scrub white guys on the outside. If UT forces McGee to win the game its a blowout without a doubt.

There are other games as well like Tech which always gives us problems but it is at home. With their offense it doesn't matter if we play on the moon they could still pull it off. This is the game that i sweat the most every year. Sooner or later they are going to get one again and it makes me nervous. Remember what happened 4 years ago when Chance came to save the day. Again its the defense if they play well coming into the game then we win it but if not look out.

There is also and Okie State and that game will also come down to our "D".

Some people are talking about the "BCS slayer" TCU but no chance. They can't score enough to beat us especially at home as well.

Pretty much our whole season comes down to our defense we play above average defense we go undefeated and earn a trip to New Orleans. If not we can still win all of our games, but it will to much to ask. Somewhere we might bog down and we need the "D" to step up. We can't rely on our offense to bail us out every time to much to ask. We are not USC of two years ago.

I'm predicting 13-0 and regular season victory and a trip to New Orleans. Who ever comes out of the Big 12 North is going to get crushed simple as that.

Its kind of ironic because every year since 2001 i have thought we would go undefeated. I think i am like an Alabama fan because every year i expect us to go undefeated. Hopefully i am right this year.

Poll

Will We Go Undefeated Next Year?

No

34 votes

Yes

30 votes

64 votes | Poll has closed

Bad Super Bowl

txlonghorn — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:02:13 -0000

This looks like a bad matchup. I would have loved to see Reggie vs. The Dynasty or Peyton "I invented the Choke" Manning. No one cares about Da Bears. I will still root for them because of Ced and Nathan and the fact that Peyton is a douche.

Its a bad Super Bowl. The Colts will probably blow them out if they don't turn the ball over like the Saints. I'm sorry but Rex Grossman sucks. All the Saints had to do was hang on to the football and give Reggie tbe ball and they would win.

Instead they shot themselves in the foot with killer penalties and fumbles. They gave Da Bears 13 points ridiculous.

The only interesting aspect of this game is two former stud Horns Ced and Nathan. Still Cedric Benson is really good and i don't understand why he doesn't get more carries.

We all love Nathan Vasher (including me) but he is kind of overrated. He is more a product of Da Bears scheme then anything else. Vasher is a solid player but not great. Reggie Bush is going to be the face of the NFL with VY in two years. Him and VY are going to be doing the commercials instead of Peyton Manning in a couple of years.

Some people will say he only had one good play but it was fucking amazing. Those are the kind of plays that people said he wouldn't be able to do in the NFL. As Chris Berman would say "Whoop!!" excellent player.

The Colts got so lucky on that offensive pass interference. Refs don't call that the game is over. What a ticky tacky call. You don't call that in a playoff game. Still the Pats choked and thats it.

Tom Brady is the best QB hands down. What a clutch player. Jabar Gaffney is his go to guy and thats all i have to say. It should have been Patriots and Saints or rematch of Super Bowl 20.

Prediction 28-10 for the Colts.

Another yawnfest like last year and Peyton (i hate that guy) gets the monkey of his chest.

Mack Playing Freshman

txlonghorn — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:03:24 -0000

Since we are talking about who should be starting in the secondary next year many of you said it was going to melton and griffin because they were seniors.

You guys are probably right and Mack needs to get away from playing seniors and play the best players no matter what class. Over the past couple of seasons he has lost games because of him being afraid to put freshman on the field until it was to late. Granted their have been instances, Sloan, B.J., and Roy but rarely has he done it. Was one example.

If he said Chris Simms is my qb from day one we would not have had that controversy. Who remembers when he was scared to put Ced Benson in the game vs. OU and his reason was pass protection same thing Da Bears are saying (when we all know its that Lovie doesn't want to affend the veteran). Ced Could have won us the game that year. But mack was to scared and then after the game Mack realized it.

Remember in 2003 by Mack not starting VY from day one. He had to put in Chance because he was more "experienced" what a joke. That cost us the Arkansas game and then he put in VY to save his job vs. K-State. That was the beginning of the VY legend.

Then Mack didn't reward Vince with start instead he put in Chance on the first series and he throws a pick on the second pass of the game (Game Over and the rout is on). Why Mack? He always does this after he needs the guy. Following my trend here. How about in 2004 when he didn't put in RT vs. OU when we desperatly needed a spark in a game that was really winnable and that we could have won and(in my opinion should have won) if Mack wasn't scared. After the OU game in 2004 he decides to put him in.

I know that there have been instances where he has played freshman but don't go JoePa on us Mack.
Play the best players. We have a chance to run the table next year with our schedule. Its probably a two game season. OU and A&M and thats it.

So don't repeat the same mistake over again. If a freshman or underclassmen are better than a senior or junior start him. Please because Marcus Griffin needs to get out of the secondary put him on special teams.

For once do something that Bob Stoops and Pete Carrol do.

When Did You Guys Become Serious Fans

txlonghorn — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:13:51 -0000

I've been a college basketball fan all my life and a Longhorn football fan all my life. Lets be honest there are barely any of us who live and die every UT sport. Baseball is only popular once they get to Omaha and other sports no one cares about. I used to not really care about UT hoops. Now i kept upset after a loss as much as i get upset when the football team loses.

There are some of you who only follow them during the tourney.
I started becoming a pasionatte UT hoops fan once TJ led them to the Sweet Sixteen his freshman year. After that i have followed every game and watched every game that i can.

I am asking you guys when did you start following UT b-ball passionatly. I betting most of you guys became fans after the Final Four not all but most.

This is an interesting topic because it seems like hoops craze is at an all time high for UT. UT ball is on the map finally.

Your thoughts guys:

Poll

When did you follow UT B-Ball

Don't Follow Hoops

3 votes

Two Years Ago

2 votes

Followed Them All My Life

40 votes

Last Year

3 votes

When TJ First Came

18 votes

This Year

3 votes

During the Final Four Run

8 votes

Only Follow Them During the Tourney

3 votes

Season Following Final Four

1 votes

81 votes | Poll has closed

Instant Classic

txlonghorn — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:50:20 -0000

Where does this game rank in terms of how great it was? This would obviously be one of if not the greatest game ever if it was in the tournament. But its not. It will be remembered for a while.

Highlights will be played when ever we play OSU. Announcer will also discuss "how does Texas respond to this "adversity?"" When we play Nova.

It will be remembered for a long time because of KD. This is his coming out party and 10 15 years from now when people look back on his one college season this will be one of the main highlights.

When KD becomes the next great legend people will actually have footage of him in college. The only footage of Jordan is the jumper vs. Gtown and no Bird or Johnson footage. Some AI but he wasn't that great. No Kobe, KG, T-Mac and other highschool guys. There is but its baiscally a slam dunk contest for them. I know there is but its small and minute and grainy.

This game will be immortalized because people will know where were you when KD took the country by storm in classic. Would have been better if he did it at the buzzer. Just a classic.